the fair is finally here.

[Tubalcain]

yippie!!!!! the fair finally came to town, which means the first cold spell of the year is on its way. the carnival, or fair as we call it down south, has always been special to me because with it comes autumn. im sorry, but i just love this time of year, football, cool nights, harvest moons, and halloween. the leaves change colors. you'd be amazed, but down south, you see people going back to the old ways, almost "pagan" in nature. no offence, i just didnt know how else to put it. baptists and pentacostals and catholics somehow pull away from their beliefs and for just a moment, everyone is united. the old totems come out, jack-o-lanterns, scarecrows, etc... and everyone starts looking at the shadows just a little differently. and it all starts with the fair. and on top of that, if noticed some of the cable channels running the movie, Something Wicked This Way Comes. i love that movie, ranks high on my fav movie lists. ive watched it like 3 times in the last few weeks. just makes me long for days gone bye. my father grew up in the 30's and used to tell me stories of the old carnivals, with their freak shows. some of the stuff he told me still gives me chills. my favorite and worst memory of the fair was when i was about 5 or 6, there was a haunted house, and it was a walk-through. im sure it was real cheesey, but it scared the hell out of me at the time.well my brother and sisters took me in, and about halfway through, i was looking at something, and a man in costume came out and scared everyone. i ran one way, everyone else ran the other. i was instantly lost. i was in there for what seemed to be forever, and when they found me, i wouldnt talk to anyone for like 2 days. i had been terrified. every time i tried to walk out, the dick in the costume would come out and scare me back the way i came. now as an adult i would pay anything to be that scared, and every time i see a spook house i go in. what are some of your favorite memories?

[dantehorrorfan]

i hate the fair.......

[Tubalcain]

oh well, to each his own. i grew up on a farm, and basically worked all year long. the only time we were able to get away and really enjoy ourselves was at the fair. kids these days cant enjoy anything because they go everywhere and have cable and every video game in the world. i can rember when i got an atari and one video game for christmas. we had 3 tv channels and that was it. no offence dhf, just venting.

[dantehorrorfan]

its not that its where i live and im not a people person so know offence towards u

[Tubalcain]

none taken, i just hate the way the world is these days. i took my 5 year old nephew to the fair today, and all he did was tell me how much it sucked, and how much better disney land is. i just cant stand it.

[Hate_Breeder]

I heart the fair. But i heart the circus more. But i heart Haunted Houses more than all..

[MichaelMyers]

I have a phobia of fairs...ever since I read Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes"... :eek:

[Malicious_Mirth]

OMFG!!!!



i love the fair more than anything in the world......i am from the south also and the mid-south fair comes once a year......it came to town this past weekend sand sadly i wasnt able to go but just the thought sends my mind racing about events past and all the great times that i have had......and i love the way you put it when you said that all the people come out and start with the jack o lanterns and everyone looks at the shadows differently.....god i love this time of year and i wish it could be like this all year round......:) ;)

[friday13thfan]

fairs are over priced

[ShankS]

dont have fairs where I live. There's sometimes a circus about 6 miles away on an open field, but they're mostly gypsies who run it and go on the thieve from the locals.

[Arioch]

Fairs always kinda scared me.....but i havent been to that many.....id like to go again with the right person <3<3<3<3

[Iniquity]

I love festivals, winter festivals especially, lots to do, lots to eat, lots to drink, snowboarding, psycho sledding, etc. good times.

[filmmaker2]

THE FUNHOUSE is a nice carnival/fair movie. It's very family-oriented. You should see it!

[DaBroMain]

Where are you from TUlb. you sound like you are from somewhere close to tenessee errr or the mid-south fair...

[Tubalcain]

DeRidder, Louisiana. and yourself?

[Fluff the Ho]

i may end up going to the fair here, haunted house type of thing. with a special person <3<3<3<3<3<3

lol

GDIS

[MichaelMyers]

Originally posted by Fluff the Ho
i may end up going to the fair here, haunted house type of thing. with a special person <3<3<3<3<3<3

lol

GDIS

MassacreMan?

[wufong]

why would massacre man go there...? poor bastard has to work there playing a hobgoblin. so why would he go there on his day off?